The  New  York 

Fresh  Air  fmb. 


For  Adults  and  Elderly  People 


Avery  Architectural  and  Fine  Arts  Library 
Gift  of  Seymour  B.  Durst  Old  York  Library 


'•It  mililfl  to        that  everything  la  ilono  tor  children  I    Will  not  smnu 

ono  Bjmpnthitft  with  the  Deeds  of  those  of  an  older  growth  -a  Fresh  Air 
Funil—  a  Summer  Homo  for  both  sexes  apart  from  tho  noise  and  restlessness 
of  children  .'  "—Anna  Lynch  Jlutta. 

The  New  York  Fresh  Air  Fund 

For  Adults  and  Elderly  People. 

OFFICERS. 

President. 

MKS.  MARIE  T.  LANGE,  Monmouth  Beach,  N.  J. 

Vice-  Presidents. 
MRS.  AUGUSTUS  C.  ROGERS,      ....   214  West  128th  Street, 

MRS.  THEODORE  IIARRIS,  135  East  54th  St  reel . 

MRS.  E.  R.  FAY,   530  West  157th  Street. 

Th-easurer. 

ILL  AUGUSTUS  -G-.- ROGERS,  %-5th-AY£nue_ 

MRS.  A.  F.  WAINWRIGIIT,  121  East  27th  Street. 

Secretary. 

MISS  M.  A.  FISnER,  148  St.  Ann's  Avenue. 

The  New  York  Fresh  Air  Fund  was  incorporated  March  11, 
1808,  by  the  courtesy  of  Mr.  Frederick  R.  Coudert. 

k  concert  was  given  at  the  Waldorf-Astoria  on  March  31. 
aud  with  the  proceeds  the  management  was  enabled  to  begin 
their  work  by  furnishing  daily  excursions  and  country  board 
to  the  most  needy  of  their  applicants. 

"  This  was  the  first  summer  in  many  years  that  I  was  able 
to  spend  a  few  days  in  a  beautiful  country  spot  ! "  wrote  an 
old  lady,  who  lives  at  the  top  of  a  tenement  with  her  lame 
grandson.  "It  is  something  I  can  now  look  forward  to 
through  the  long  winter. "  "  Those  few  weeks  up  the  Hudson 
btfUi  me  up,"  wrote  a  governess  who  had  previously  spent 
some  months  in  a  hospital.  "  I  want  to  thank  all  the  ladies 
who  so  kindly  contributed  to  give  me  this  delightful  change. " 


For  a  few  who  preferred  the  seaside  we  engaged  board  at 
Asbury  Park. 

One  of  them — a  pale,  wan  gentlewoman,  grown  prematurely 
old  from  ekeing  out  her  meagre  income  of  one  dollar  and 
twenty-live  cents  a  week  for  food  and  medicine.  Unable 
to  walk  about,  we  found  her  spending  the  day  on  the  broad 
piazza,  looking  out  upon  the  ocean.  "It  is  like  a  dream  of 
one's  youth  come  back,"  she  said. 


From  patrons  of  the  concert  and  other  subscribers  we 
gratefully  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  $464. 

There  is  now  on  interest  toward  a  permanent  fund  a  balance 
of  $238. 


Mrs.  J.  H.  Aldrich 

Mrs.  Thos.  S.  Clarkson 

Mrs.  Spencer  Aldrich 

Mrs.  Wm.  P.  Clyde 

Miss  Anderson 

Mrs.  Cohn 

Mrs.  John  Arnold 

Miss  Alice  Connolly 

Mrs.  William  Arnold 

Mrs.  "Wm.  A.  Copp 

Chester  Alan  Arthur 

Mrs.  Cordoza 

Mrs.  John  Jacob  Astor 

Mrs.  Peter  Cornell 

Mrs.  !N".  P.  Bailey 

Fred.  R.  Coudert 

Miss  A.  A.  Ballow 

Mrs.  Brockholst  Cutting 

Mrs.  Sackett  Barclay 

Hon.  Charles  P.  Daly 

Mrs.  Charles  Tracy  Barney 

Mrs.  Wm.  G.  Davies 

Mrs.  Barrett 

Miss  Edith  E.  Dean 

Mrs.  J.  T.  Bolles 

*Mrs.  John  F.  Dillon 

Mrs.  Brcce-Broavn 

Mrs.  Mary  Mapes  Dodge 

Mrs.  J.  S.  Breese 

Mrs.  Peter  Doelger 

Mrs.  Samuel  W.  Bowne 

Mrs.  Joseph  Drexel 

Mrs.  C.  H.  Van  Brunt 

Mrs.  Duer 

Mrs.  Julius  Bunzl 

Miss  Belle  Durkee 

Mrs.  Thos.  M.  Carnegie 

Mrs.  Wm.  M.  Evarts 

Miss  Carpenter 

Miss  Elsie  S.  Ftely 

Mrs.  Ed.  de  C.  Chisholm 

Miss  M.  A.  Eisher 

Miss  Louise  W.  Clarke 

Mrs.  Samuel  Eisk 

*  Deceased. 


Mrs.  0.0.  Goodhue 

Miss  ('AHOLINK  L.  ( i  OODRK  II 

Mrs.  William  E.Grace 
Mrs.  Grannis 
Mrs.  J.  Gregg 
Mrs.  Wm.  Hamilton  Harms 
Mrs.  S.  M.  Harris 
Mrs.  Theo.  Harris 
Mrs.  J.  A.  Haskell 
Miss  IIav-ku 
Mrs.  George  L.  HsiNfi 
Mrs.  A.  N.  Hensiiaw 
Mrs.  H.  E.  Hicks 
Mrs.  Charles  F.  Hoffman 
Mrs.  Holmes 
Mrs.  Isaac  W,  How 
W.  D.  Howells 
Mrs.  S.  Ives  Hurtt 
Mrs.  Wm.  R.  Hutton 
Mrs.  John  B  Ireland 
Mrs  William  Ives 
Dr.  Jaeger 
Mrs.  H.  Jonep 
Misa  Lucy  Elliot  Keeler 
Miss  Helen  M.  Kelly 
Mrs.  George  G.  King 
Mrs.  C.  S.  Kraus 
Mrs.  H.  R.  Kunhardt 
Mrs.  Marie  T.  Lange 
Mis.  James  Lanier 
Mrs  McComb 
Mrs.  Henry  Mauer. 
Messrs.  Milhau  &  Son 
Mrs.  Chas.  E.  Milnor 

Mrs  ('.  MIN/.KSHEIMER 

Mra.  M.  A.  Packard 
Mrs.  Alfred  D.  Pell 
Mrs.  \V.  H.  Peckham 
Mrs.  Charles  Phelps 
Mrs.  George  Place 
J.  R.  Planten 
Airs.  Orlando  B.  Potter 

Messrs.  \V  Ess  ELL.  XlCKEL 


Miss  May  Pobarts 
Mrs.  Rodensikin 
Miss  Helen  Kouers 
Miss  Bute  Royal 
Mrs.  J.  Ruppert 
Mrs.  S.  H.  Russell 
Mrs.  Joseph  Rylanm: 
Mrs.  Clarence  Satterlee 
Miss  A.  SCHUBZ 
Mrs.  Jesse  Sellegman 
Mrs.  Clarence  A.  Seward 
Mrs.  Eluot  P.  Shepard 
James  L.  Smith 
Miss  J.  Anna  Sloat 
Mrs.  Thomas  U.  Smith 
Mrs.  St  anbury 
Mrs.  Charles  D.  Stickney 
Miss  Helen  0.  P.  Stokes 
Miss  Olivia  Phelps  Stokes 
Miss  Grace  Strickland 
Mrs.  Benj.  L.  Swan 
Mrs.  F.  B.  Swayne 
Mrs  Wm.  H.  Taller 
Mrs.  Thos.  J.  Taylor 
Dr.  W.  D.  Tennison 
Mrs.  P.  M.  Thomson 
Miss  Phebe  Anna  Thorne 
Mrs.  Edwin  D.  Trowbridge 
Mrs.  Valender 
Mrs.  H.  J.  Vrooman 
Miss  Alice  Ward 
Mrs.  Leonard  Webber 
Joseph  Weiner 
Mrs.  T.  F.  Wentworth 
Mrs.  J.  Wertheimkr 
Miss  May  W.  White 
Mrs.  J.  Henry  Win t.\ey 
Mrs.  Cyrus  Wk  kki: 
Mrs.  Henry  S.  Wilson 
Mrs  Joseph  Wini  h:- 
Mrs.  Wolff 
Mrs.  Zimmerman 
a  Gross  ami  others. 

(over.) 


Some  of  the  Incidents  that  Suggested  the  Need  of  a  Fresh  Air 
Fund  for  Adults  and  Elderly  People. 

In  an  attic  room  of  a  noisy  street  we  found  an  old  gentle- 
man who  had  been  for  fifty  years  a  poet  and  journalist. 

"To  pass  a  few  weeks  in  the  country  once  again  before 
I  die,"  said  he,  "  has  been  the  dream  of  many  a  long  year  as 
I  sit  in  this  garret  where  the  sun  seldom  struggles  in."  The 
Home-Hotel  Association  sent  him  forty  dollars  that  he  might 
have  his  wish  fulfilled.  But  the  aid  came  too  late,  his  dream 
was  never  realized— for  on  the  morning  that  he  was  dressed 
for  the  journey,  he  fell  back  upon  his  bed  and  expired. 

We  were  interested  in  an  old  lady,  an  authoress,  who  was 
provided  with  a  ticket  to  spend  two  weeks  at  a  cottage  filled 
with  the  mirth  and  merriment  of  shop  girls  from  the  city. 
The  old  lady  remonstrated  with  them  for  their  noise.  They 
said  "  Old  cranks  ought  not  to  come  here,  we  must  have  our 
nightgown  brigades,  we  come  here  to  have  a  good  time." 
The  old  lady  stayed  one  week  and  came  home  disappointed. 

"  Do  you  never  go  away  in  your  vacation  ?  "  we  asked  of  a 
young  weary-looking  teacher.  "  It  is  impossible !"  she 
answered,  "there  are  so  many  of  us  on  a  small  income.  I 
am  the  eldest.  I've  not  slept  away  from  home  once  since 
father  died  seven  years  ago." 

It  is  to  such  as  these  that  we  wish  to  offer  a  change  of  air 
and  scene  in  the  summer  time,  so  much  needed. 


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